Olisa Odele

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Olisa Odele
EducationGuildford School of Acting (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
TelevisionBig Boys

Olisa Odele is an English actor. He played Yemi on all three series of Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys (2022–2025). As a child actor, he previously appeared in forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens (2004–2005).

Career

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He early television appearances included forty episodes of My Parents are Aliens. He played Ola in Michaela Coel's series Chewing Gum on E4. He also appeared in It’s a Sin. In 2019, he appeared in BBC One comedy series Scarborough.[1][2]

He had a main role as Yemi in all three series of Jack Rooke created Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy drama series Big Boys, with his performance described as "regally characteristic".[3][4]

He played Peter in 2024 British comedy series Dead Hot which aired on Amazon Prime Video.[5] He appeared on stage as Isom in the British National Theatre tour of comedy stage play The Hot Wing King in 2024.[6][7]

In February 2025, he could be seen in both series of Daisy May Cooper comedy drama series Am I Being Unreasonable? on BBC One.[8]

Personal life

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He is from London and has Nigerian heritage.[9] He trained at the BRIT School and Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2017.[10][11]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2004–2005 My Parents are Aliens C.J. 40 episodes
2016–2017 Chewing Gum Ola 8 episodes
2018 Sick of It Olly 1 episode
2019 Scarborough PC Merrick 4 episodes
2019 Down from London Robin 1 episode
2021 It’s a Sin Cassius 1 episode
2022 Starstruck Damien 1 episode
2022–present Am I Being Unreasonable? Jesus 3 episodes
2022–2025 Big Boys Yemi Main cast
2023 Surprised by Oxford Fred
2024 Dead Hot Peter 6 episodes
2026 My Parents are Aliens: Next Generation C.J. Upcoming

Selected stage credits

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Year Title Role Notes
2025 Fat Ham by James Ijames Juicy Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon[12]

References

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